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Name Monster Teacher Demo SCKWP Teacher Demonstration Becky Frisbie Name Monster

Instructional Objectives: Students will improve their narrative writing abilities by using more descriptive adjectives.

Learning Outcome: Standard 1 – Writing – The student will write effectively for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts.

Materials Needed: Computer Paper Rulers Scissors Pen/Pencil Colored Pencils Notebook Paper Examples of each step and finished products so students can visualize what to do

Instructional Procedures: -Give each student a piece of computer paper and have them fold it hot dog style -About 1 inch from the fold, draw a line with a ruler all across the page -Have students write their name on top of the line as big as they can -Direct students to cut around the sides and top of their name -Brainstorm with students descriptive words that can be used to describe a monster and write them on the board (this will get them to thinking about how they want their monster to look) -Unfold paper and create a monster on the back with colored pencils -After students have colored their monsters, have them get out a piece of notebook paper -Refer back to the list of descriptive words on the board and brainstorm ideas for a story that includes their monster (personality, what it eats, how it communicates and gets around, its size, where it’s from, how you met, etc.) -In the one page narrative, they will need to describe how their monster looks -Share stories